Hay-rack



(No Model.)

A. L. BINGHAM.

HAY RACK. No. 350,474. x Patented Oct. 12, 1886.-- E 1; Er I a Witnesses. Inventor. app/1M2; m A

. UNITED V STATES" PATENT, OFFICE. c

ALBERT L. BINGHAM, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.350,47f1, dated October 12, 1886.

Application filed May 15. 1886. Serial No. 202,342. (No modelll To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. BINGHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyri'a, in thecounty of Lorain and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hay-racks made in sections and adjustable as to length.

The object of my invention is to providesuch a rack as can be easily adjusted asto length, will permit of the wagon being turned short, and can be separatedinto sections for removal or storage. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying 'drawings, in which v Figure I is a plan view of my invention extended. Fig. II is a sectional view of Fig. Iin the dotted line a: m. Fig. III is another plan view of my invention partially closed.

Si milar letters refer to similar parts'th roughout the several views.

A represents the frontsection. the rear section.

a a represent side pieces of the front section, which are supported by blocks attachedto same and resting on the bolsters of the wagon.

The block to the front side pieces in Fig. II is represented by a. This block is rigidlyse- B represents cured. to the side piece by means of a band of iron and bolts. Near and across the ends of these side pieces are placed and securely bolted cross-pieces of timber b b, of suitable size and of proper length for the width of the rack, and near the ends of these and securely fastened are the side boards or strips, 0 c c 0. Near the front end of the rack may be placed a ladder or stake, D. r

In the rear section the side pieces are represented by a a, the cross-pieces by b b, and the supportingblock by a.

d d represent the side pieces of wheel-houses ou the rear section, so constructed as to reach from one cross-piece to the other,and rounded or oval on top. There are two ,of these pieces to each wheel-house, and the upper edges are connected byslats d d, to brace same,and also prevent the load from pressing through the space between them onto the rear wheels of the wagon. The form of the pieces d d is such as to give them porting loads.

h h represent two connecting-bars extending from one section to the other inside of the side pieces of each section and immediately under the rear cross-piece of the front'section and the front cross-piece of the rear section, and sliding through the clips t it i, attached to each section. These bars are of suflicient length to allow the rack to be extended any desired distance and still connect the sections. These bars may be fastened at any point desired by means of thumb-screws and bolts 77. n, operating through holesin sides ofsame. These bars and clips also brace and prevent said sections from tilting.

great strength in sup- K K represent adjustable sliding Sideboardspassing under or through a clip on each section, the rear ends of which are secured by a pin to the rear section, and the front ends of which are provided with an upper and lower cleat or bar, through which a bolt passes and can be fastened by the thumb-nut s. This also helps to further brace the rack, and prevents said boards from rattling when driven Without a load.

20 represents a stirrup or support for holding up the bottom boards when the rack is extended. The blocks or supports a and a elevate the side pieces of the sections so far above a line with the bolsters that the side pieces will be out of the way above and not interfere with the turning of the forward wheel around under them in making short turns. The connectingbars h h, sliding through the clips and at one side ofthe bed-pieces,withno weight resting on them when the rack is empty, allow and permit the same to be easily closed or extended when the side boards K K are'loosened. boards K K are so constructed that no large spaces are left between them and the connecting-bars h h, and also form the outside support The side.

for the load when fully extended, and hay and grain in the sheaf will not fall through said spaces. Further, the whole is soconstructed that all parts of the rack remain at the same width at whatever point it is extended, and can be easily taken apart,when desired so to do, for storage or other purposes.

Having fully explained the operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the United States, B, the side boards K K, each of snffioient Width 1s-- to extend from the outside edge of the sections 1. Ina hay-rack, the combination of the secto the inside edge of the inner side board, 0, tions A and B, provided with the supports a 1 and provided with a thumb-screw, s,and cleats 5 5 and a, respectively, and connected with each for securingthe front ends at any desired point, other by the separate detached and adj nstable all as above set forth, and substantially as debars h h, so constructed as to slide inside of the scribed.

side pieces, a a and a a,of each section,respect- ALBERT L. BINGHAM. lvely, and independently of each other, all as W'itnesscs: 10 above set forth, and substantially as described. JOHN BLANOHARD, 2. In combination with the sections A and E. C. MANTER. 

